Loading the Short Ten by Pete Lester

[charlie cleveland]

canuck use to sell the 2 3/4 inch shells...i ve seen a few boxes on auction sites but they go to high to shoot... charlie

[charlie cleveland]

i just loaded up a box of short ten s in the 19 grain red dot loads and 1 1/8 ounce of lead gona try a few shots oin doves tommorrow with the 1894 remy..let you know how the load and gun does...charlie

[David Lien]

Pete
Chris came home to watch the Indian relay races at the Idaho State fair in blackfoot Idaho. Grandson Hayden also came from college,,Soooo i had some help in bench shooting the 10 Ga. hand loads. I loaded more loads and we went shooting.

The velocity checked out good and even on the cheep Crony. About as published, I settled on the 1 5/8 Oz Load.. With two long slits in the BPD Wad. The 40 Yd. patterns were 99% at 40 yards. with a good tight core. With four long slits in the wad and ""Suponski style spreaders"" the patterns opened up to a loose modified. Loads seemed about average in the 8 LB. Super ten, and were a pleasure in the 10 LB Ithaca magnum, 10 Lb Zepher Honker and Neumann tens. I think I will like this load a lot. I feel that I can shoot a few boxes in a day and not get beat up, as is the case with heavier loads in the ten Mags. A guy has to sissies up a little when over 40.

I like pass shooting Crows and this will be my go to load this year. I did load a couple of duplex loads 5s and 3s, and they did look very good on paper. No ""Doctor Pepper"" can so the jury is still out. I have shot 4756 and 7625 in the past short ten loads, some times cold sensitive, and varying velocities.
Thanks again for the tip on the load.. I think the load is going to work out just fine.
David

[Mike of the Mountain]

I load Remington and Cheddite in the "Short 10". I have a bunch of the RST hulls, which are Cheddite. I played "Hull Whore" at a SxS shoot and scrounged every 10g I could find. Most were 2 7/8" and were calling my name!

[charlie cleveland]

the 19 grains of reddot and 1 1/8 ounce of shot is a good dove load..i shot 5 times and killed 2 doves..really not enough testing but i know enough about the load that its fine on doves...charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie and Dave, my friend Claudio Opacek, the outstanding Ontario gunsmith and NAVHDA judge, gave me two boxes of the rare Canuck 2 3/4" tens after I told him I collect ten gauge shells. Strange that Charlie would mention these shells since no one I know has ever heard of them. One box is 1 1/4 ounce BB. How rare is that? Some day I will root out the other box. They are beautiful dark orange varnished paper shells, roll crimped with the load information on the top wad. They are about the nicest 10 gauge shells I own. Watch the obituaries.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Sorry, I thought all Morris' RST shells were made with Cheddite hulls. I was informed today the 10g are Federal made hulls. I learned something today, it was worthwhile waking up!!!!!

[Craig Larter]

I was speaking with an employee of RST very recently about their 10ga offering. They are now using a Spanish imported powder with very similar characteristics to 7625. The powder is not available to reloaders yet. I also believe they are considering the10gas cheddite hull.

[David Lien]

Murphy
I have seen the 10 Ga. shells that you have. You are right, those shells are "prettier than girls." Me thinks you could kill a coyote with the 1 1/4 Oz. load of BBs. inside of 50 Yds.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I was speaking with an employee of RST very recently about their 10ga offering. They are now using a Spanish imported powder with very similar characteristics to 7625. The powder is not available to reloaders yet. I also believe they are considering the10gas cheddite hull.

I contacted RST yesterday and they said at times they use a Federal hull, but right now they are using Cheddite. Looks like my source and I were both correct. Hope that clears it all up.